{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Meaning of “specified person”",
  "text": "(1) “Specified person” means—\n(a) a foreign power specified by the Secretary of State in regulations;\n(b) a person, other than a foreign power, specified by the Secretary of State in regulations.\n(2) The regulations may specify a person other than a foreign power only if—\n(a) the person is not an individual, and\n(b) the Secretary of State reasonably believes the person is controlled by a foreign power.\n(3) Schedule 13 makes provision about when a person is controlled by a foreign power.\n(4) The Secretary of State may make regulations specifying a foreign power or a person other than a foreign power only if the Secretary of State considers it reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.\n(5) Regulations specifying a foreign power or a person other than a foreign power may provide for section 65(4) to apply, with modifications specified in the regulations, in relation to a foreign activity arrangement made with the specified person before the regulations come into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 66 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 66 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}